Researchers
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ManagementJessica Cheok
PhD Graduate
James Cook University
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
Jess grew up in Brunei, where she gained a profound interest and appreciation for natural environments. She holds a Bachelors of Science and Diploma by Research Methods in Aquaculture, which reflect her interests in sustainable and alternative livelihoods for coastal communities. After completion of these studies, she then focused her research towards the conservation of marine environments, undertaking her PhD with Bob Pressey, Rebecca Weeks, and James Moloney at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University, looking at the sensitivities of systematic conservation planning in marine environments to aspects of scale. This work spanned all stages in conservation planning processes that involve explicit decision related to scale, ranging from technical concerns in planning (e.g., data selection and identifying spatial priorities), to those more practical in nature (e.g., transitioning between different scales of planning and implementation, and integrating planning explicitly across multiple scales).
James Cook University researchers have found brightly coloured fish are becoming increasingly rare as coral declines, with the phenomenon likely to get worse in the future. Christopher Hemingson, a
Researchers working with stakeholders in the Great Barrier Reef region have come up with ideas on how groups responsible for looking after the reef can operate more effectively when the next bleaching
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Abstract: The past few years have seen unprecedented coral bleaching and mortality on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) but the consequences of this on biodiversity are not yet known. This talk will expl
Abstract: Molecular approaches have revolutionised our understanding of the systematics and evolution of most branches on the tree of life, including corals. Over the last twenty-five years molecula
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Abstract: Being a new staff member at JCU, I will start with a short overview of my research. Next I will zoom in on a specific topic that I have been interested in for a long time: the impact of e
Abstract: The harsh truth is that, despite exciting innovations and increases in activity, ocean conservation is not succeeding, at least not fast enough. This is my conclusion from the last decad
This talk is the last of the parachute science seminar series organized by the ARC CoE Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) committee. Abstract Universities and institutions across th
This talk is the second of three on parachute science being organized by the ARC CoE Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) committee. Abstract For millenia, Traditional Owners have hel
This talk is the first of three on parachute science being organized by the ARC CoE Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) committee. Abstract Parachute science is the practice whereby
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au